To:I. T. SMILGA

Published:First published in 1959 inLenin Miscellany XXXVI.

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      Progress Publishers,1976,

      Moscow,Volume 45,

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ComradeSmilga:

Thequestion of a possible firewood crisis in Moscow
this winter season is ofexceptionalimportance. It is a
question of primary political importance. Moscow must not
receivelessfuel in 1921–1922 than in 1920–1921.

This,at all costs.

Thereis need 1) specially to impose responsibility for
this on Danishevsky;

2)tomake a detailed division of this task into component
parts, andassigneach part to a specialperson, precisely
designated;

3)tosend more men to work especially for Moscow Fuel
Committee (perhaps you will take Goldberg? later
recruiting Radchenko, even if only for a certain portion of time,
etc.).

4)Youpersonallymust make repeated special and
specific check-ups and inspections, and redouble your efforts
to make a good job of it.

Besure to give me an exact programme of all these
urgent operations and pressures, and inform me of the time.

V.Ulyanov(Lenin)Chairman, C.L.D.